Theodore Roosevelt wore a ring containing a lock of President Abraham Lincoln’s hair on March 14, 1905, at his second inauguration. Roosevelt had been a longtime admirer of Lincoln's, and as a child, he had watched Lincoln’s funeral procession pass by his house in New York. John Hay, who had worked for Lincoln in the White House, gave Roosevelt the ring, knowing that Roosevelt would treasure it, Smithsonian magazine tells us.
The mystery of who stole President Theodore Roosevelt’s pocket watch from a Buffalo museum 37 years ago remains unsolved, but the timepiece is now back at its rightful home.
Theodore Roosevelt’s watch is now on display at the Old Orchard Museum, part of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site on Long Island.
President Theodore Roosevelt's watch, which was stolen from the Wilcox House in Buffalo in 1987 and recovered in 2023, is now on display at the Old Orchard Museum, part of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site on Long Island.
Theodore Roosevelt wore a ring containing a lock of President Abraham Lincoln’s hair on March 14, 1905, at his second inauguration. Roosevelt had been a longtime admirer of Lincoln's, and as a child, he had watched Lincoln’s funeral procession pass by his house in New York. John Hay, who had worked for Lincoln in the White House, gave Roosevelt the ring, knowing that Roosevelt would treasure it, Smithsonian magazine tells us.
President Theodore Roosevelt's watch, which was stolen from the Wilcox House in Buffalo in 1987 and recovered in 2023, is now on display at the Old Orchard Museum, part of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site on Long Island.
